Re: Bootable CD creation?

[stan <stanb_(_at_)_panix_(_dot_)_com>]

On Mon, Sep 06, 2004 at 03:51:23PM -0400, Christopher Maxwell wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 06, 2004 at 03:05:43PM -0400, stan wrote:
> > I can't seem to create a working "bootable floppy image" for this, but if
> > I copy the one of the ISO providedat that site I can make things work.
> > 
> > So the 2 things I need to understand are:
> > 
> > 1. How do I create this "bootable floopy image"?
> > 
> > 2. How is this image "pointed to" in the CD image creation?
> 
> look at 'man release' specifically "4. Make and validate the system release"
> 
> Since you mentioned you are using i386
> 
> cd /usr/src/distrib/i386/ramdisk_cd		(or any other rd image you want to try)
> env DESTDIR=/pathto/DESTDIR RELEASEDIR=/pathto/RELEASEDIR make -n
> 
> That will print the entire process used to build the ramdisk images.
> Read the makefiles, figure out how they work, modify to fit your needs
> 
> it's all in the makefiles

Thanks, I'll study thta.

Thanks for the help.
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